A protester who supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad‘s regime holds a banner reading ‘No to US, Qatari, and French intervention in Syria‘, in front of the hotel where the ‘Friends of Syria’ conference is taking place in Tunis on February 24, 2012. (Getty Images)

A man holds a placard during a demonstration against the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad outside the Syrian embassy in central London on October 29, 2011. (Getty Images)

CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.